Physiological predictors of response to exposure, relaxation, and rescripting therapy for chronic nightmares in a randomized clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 622-631

  Davis, Joanne L ^a   Rhudy, Jamie L ^a   Pruiksma, Kristi E ^a   Byrd, Patricia ^a   Williams, Amy E ^a   McCabe, Klanci M ^a   Bartley, Emily J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nightmares; Physiological assessment; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sleep quality; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE, RELAXATION AND RESCRIPTING THERAPY; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NIGHTMARE; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SLEEP QUALITY; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RELAXATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855680171     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.1466     Document Type: Article

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